The book Shoe Fantasies is the second shoe book published by Amber Ambrose Aurèle and Liza Snook. In the summer of 2023 we curated the exhibition ‘Cipőfantáziák / Shoe Fantasies’ in cooperation with Pécs Gallery, as part of the Prologue of the LOKART Festival in Pécs, Hungary. This exhibition made you wonder ‘What’s a shoe?’ If we don’t immediately identify...
The main exhibition at the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf this autumn is not for the fainthearted: death and the devil sow fear and terror here. However, the uneasy feeling that some of these exhibits can trigger is countered by a pleasurable fascination, sometimes even a humorous approach. Often dismissed as shallow, the genre of horror is re-evaluated in this show, which sheds...
Cipőfantáziák / Shoe Fantasies is the result of a cooperation between Pécs Gallery and the Virtual Shoe Museum, curated by Liza Snook and Amber Ambrose Aurèle Verstegen. These Shoe Fantasies were specially selected for the exhibition presented as part of the Prologue of the LOKART Festival in Pécs, Hungary. On show from June 9 till september 3 2023. A must...
Seven designers from around the world. Seven capsule collections in vegetable-tanned leather. ‘Craft The Leather’, the international creative competition promoted by the Genuine Italian Vegetable-Tanned Leather Consortium, was back for its 9th edition. This collections were exhibited at Lineapelle International Leather Fair in Milan, Italy, February 19-22 2023. Seven capsule collectionsThe capsule collections are made by male and female students...
Never Enough Shoes!!! Heellusion, a must see shoe solo exhibition by Kobi Levi at the Periscope Gallery in Tel Aviv, Israel, in show from February 23 till March 18 2023. Shoes. Desire. Consumption.“Embodied in the materials and aesthetics of the designed object […] is a complex system of relationships of those involved in its production and consumption […]. Many cultural...
The UC Davis Design Museum takes a bold step with the exhibition ‘From Concept to Creation: Inspired Shoe Design by Chris Francis,’ which showcases the colourful and imaginative footwear created by the Los Angeles-based shoe designer. The exhibition runs from January 23 through April 23 2023. Co-curated by Professor Susan T. Avila and Cristina Gomez, graduate student in design, the installation...
Kunsthal honors Rotterdam artist Madeleine Berkhemer. The themes of seduction and the (artist’s own) female body are central to the work of Madeleine Berkhemer (1973-2019). Kunsthal Rotterdam presents a retrospective exhibition of the work of this Rotterdam artist. Berkhemer worked across many artistic genres on the cutting edge of visual art, media, fashion, and performance. Among other things, her versatile...
Both calendars show a wide variety of well know designers and extraordinary shoes selection from the Virtual Shoe Museum collection including students from René van den Berg Academy/NL, SASK Shoe Design St. Niklaas/Belgium, Jewelry & Fashion Department Bezalel Academy/Israel, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry/Japan, CCS Detroit/USA, Kolding school of Design/Denmark. The René van den Berg Academy and SASK students shoes...
The first-ever book about women’s sneaker culture. ‘She Kicks’ tells the stories of the women who are, and have always been, driving sneaker culture forward. Featuring power players at Nike, adidas, Converse, StockX, and more, ‘She Kicks’ features the female entrepreneurs, designers, marketers and execs calling time on the boy’s club. Interactive FeaturesAll books come to life through the S96 app. ‘She Kicks’s...
Stories of homelessness have never been told like this before. Shelter has joined forces with conceptual fashion designer Jo Cope for the Shoes Have Names art exhibition. Each shoe uses craft to translate the unique story of a previously homeless individual and to celebrate their positive steps forward with Shelters help. The Shoes Have Names tour exhibition has moved from...
